LIST OF GOVERNORS OF IOWA

Number of Governors of Iowa by party affiliation

Party	Governors
Republican	30
Democratic	10
Whig	1

The following is a 'list of the Governors of the State of Iowa' and Iowa Territory.

★ Prior to becoming a territory, Iowa was part of Missouri Territory until 1821, unorganized until 1834, part of Michigan Territory until 1836, and part of Wisconsin Territory until 1838. For the governors of these periods, see the lists of governors for Missouri, Michigan, and Wisconsin.

Contents

List of Governors

Notes

Other high offices held

Living former governors

See also

External links

List of Governors

#	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party	Lt. Governor	Notes
1	Ansel Briggs	December 3, 1846	December 4, 1850	Democratic
2	Stephen P. Hempstead	December 4, 1850	December 9, 1854	Democratic
3	James W. Grimes	December 9, 1854	January 13, 1858	Whig
4	Ralph P. Lowe	January 13, 1858	January 11, 1860	Republican	Oran Faville
5	Samuel J. Kirkwood	January 11, 1860	January 14, 1864	Republican	Nicholas J. Rusch
					John R. Needham
6	William M. Stone	January 14, 1864	January 16, 1868	Republican	Enoch W. Eastman
					Benjamin F. Gue
7	Samuel Merrill	January 16, 1868	January 11, 1872	Republican	John Scott
					Madison Miner Walden
					Henry C. Bulis
8	Cyrus C. Carpenter	January 11, 1872	January 13, 1876	Republican	Henry C. Bulis
					Joseph Dysart
9	Samuel J. Kirkwood	January 13, 1876	February 1, 1877	Republican	Joshua G. Newbold	Resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate.
10	Joshua G. Newbold	February 1, 1877	January 17, 1878	Republican	''vacant''	As lieutenant governor, filled unexpired term.
11	John H. Gear	January 17, 1878	January 12, 1882	Republican	Frank T. Campbell
12	Buren R. Sherman	January 12, 1882	January 14, 1886	Republican	Orlando H. Manning
13	William Larrabee	January 14, 1886	February 27, 1890	Republican	John A.T. Hull
14	Horace Boies	February 27, 1890	January 11, 1894	Democratic	Alfred N. Poyneer
					Samuel L. Bestow
15	Frank D. Jackson	January 11, 1894	January 16, 1896	Republican	Warren S. Dungan
16	Francis M. Drake	January 16, 1896	January 13, 1898	Republican	Matt Parrott
17	Leslie M. Shaw	January 13, 1898	January 16, 1902	Republican	James C. Milliman
18	Albert B. Cummins	January 16, 1902	November 24, 1908	Republican	John Herriott
					Warren Garst
19	Warren Garst	November 24, 1908	January 14, 1909	Republican	''vacant''
20	Beryl F. Carroll	January 14, 1909	January 16, 1913	Republican	George W. Clarke
21	George W. Clarke	January 16, 1913	January 11, 1917	Republican	William L. Harding
22	William L. Harding	January 11, 1917	January 13, 1921	Republican	Ernest Robert Moore
23	N. E. Kendall	January 13, 1921	January 15, 1925	Republican	John Hammill
24	John Hammill	January 15, 1925	January 15, 1931	Republican	Clem F. Kimball
					Arch W. McFarlane
25	Daniel Webster Turner	January 15, 1931	January 12, 1933	Republican	Arch W. McFarlane
26	Clyde L. Herring	January 12, 1933	January 14, 1937	Democratic	Nelson G. Kraschel
27	Nelson G. Kraschel	January 14, 1937	January 12, 1939	Democratic	John K. Valentine
28	George A. Wilson	January 12, 1939	January 14, 1943	Republican	Bourke B. Hickenlooper
29	Bourke B. Hickenlooper	January 14, 1943	January 11, 1945	Republican	Robert D. Blue
30	Robert D. Blue	January 11, 1945	January 13, 1949	Republican	Kenneth A. Evans
31	William S. Beardsley	January 13, 1949	November 21, 1954	Republican	Kenneth A. Evans	Died in office.
					William H. Nicholas
					Leo Elthon
32	Leo Elthon	November 22, 1954	January 13, 1955	Republican	''vacant''
33	Leo A. Hoegh	January 13, 1955	January 17, 1957	Republican	Leo Elthon
34	Herschel C. Loveless	January 17, 1957	January 17, 1961	Democratic	William H. Nicholas
					Edward J. McManus
35	Norman A. Erbe	January 12, 1961	January 17, 1963	Republican	W. L. Moody
36	Harold E. Hughes	January 17, 1963	January 1, 1969	Democratic	W. L. Moody
					Robert D. Fulton
37	Robert D. Fulton	January 1, 1969	January 16, 1969	Democratic	''vacant''
38	Robert D. Ray	January 16, 1969	January 14, 1983	Republican	Roger Jepsen
					Arthur A. Neu
					Terry E. Branstad
39	Terry E. Branstad	January 14, 1983	January 15, 1999	Republican	Robert T. Anderson
					Jo Ann Zimmerman
					Joy Corning
40	Tom Vilsack	January 15, 1999	January 12, 2007	Democratic	Sally Pederson
41	Chet Culver	January 12, 2007	''Incumbent''	Democratic	Patty Judge	[1]

Notes

1. Governor Culver's term expires in 2011; he is not yet term limited.

Other high offices held

This is a table of congressional seats, other federal offices, and other governorships held by governors. All representatives and senators mentioned represented Iowa.
★ denotes those offices which the governor resigned to take.

Name	Gubernatorial term	U.S. Congress		Other offices held
		House	Senate
Robert Lucas	1838–1841 (territorial)			Governor of Ohio
James W. Grimes	1854–1858		S
Samuel J. Kirkwood	1860–1864		S ★	U.S. Secretary of the Interior
Cyrus C. Carpenter	1872–1876	H
John H. Gear	1878–1881	H	S
Leslie M. Shaw	1898–1902			U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
Albert B. Cummins	1902–1908		S ★	President ''pro tempore'' of the Senate
N. E. Kendall	1921–1925	H
Clyde L. Herring	1933–1937		S
George A. Wilson	1939–1943		S
Bourke B. Hickenlooper	1943–1945		S
Harold E. Hughes	1963–1969		S ★

Living former governors

As of August 2007, four former governors were alive, the oldest being Robert D. Ray (1969–1983, born 1928). The most recent governor to die was Leo A. Hoegh (1955–1957), on July 15 2000. The most recently-serving governor to die was Harold E. Hughes (1963–1969), on October 23 1996.

Name	Gubernatorial term	Date of birth
Robert D. Fulton	1969	May 13 1929
Robert D. Ray	1969–1983	September 26 1928
Terry E. Branstad	1983–1999	November 17 1946
Tom Vilsack	1999–2007	December 13 1950

See also

★ Iowa Territory

★ List of Governors of Iowa Territory

External links

★ List of Governors of Iowa